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Be it known that I, EA. G. Ronnsroma'of Roxbury, in the county of Norfolk, and State ofilidassachusetts, have invented an'Irnprot-enient in Travelling-Bags; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form partfotlthis specification, is a description of myl invention su'flicient toenable those skilled in the art to practise it.

VThe invention relates tothe construction of travelling-bags, and particularly to the manner of connecting.

the leather or flexible bag-forming material'to the frames, which make the closing jaws of the bag'f'the in`ven.. tion having' reference to simplifying themethod or process of attachment and to impart-ing to the bag a neat and finished appearance. v

The invention consists in forming a'v recess or groove in the surface of the frame adjacent to the leather or cloth-applying e'dge, and laying the 'edgeof the clotlror leather Within this groove, surmounted by a strip of metal of su'icient width to so lill the groove as Ato pinch -the cloth or leather between one or both edges of the strip and the adjacent walls of the groove, said groove being made of such depth as to carryv the outer surface oi' the strip below lthe plane oi' the frame surface adjacent tothe groove, and thestrip flexible edge and frame being secured together by a row of rivetsl each passing through the .t-hree pieces. The drawings represent a portion of la bag-frame andthe attached leather or cloth, constructed and connected in accordance with my invention-.

' A showing a side View; and

B', across-section of the sarne.

a denotes a section of the frame; b, a portion of the leather or cloth body, withfnhich a lining 'may-be used or not, as may be desirable. In' the outer portionof the part c of the frame to which 6 is to be connected, is a groove or recess, c', and in this'groove the edgecf is laid, While over this e'dges a confining strip, ol, of' 'a width to so far fill the groove as to compress or pinch the cloth'or leather between -the edge of, the strip d and the wall e ofthe groove or recess. Through the strip and the edge of the leather or cloth so'applied in the recess, and through the frame e, rivetsf pass, as seen at B,'holdingV the parts securely together, and in such manner that the strainupon the body b is inostlyvborne by the impinging edges of the frame, thereby rendering the connection very much stronger than it would be if thestrain came directly upon the rivets, while by making the` recess of a considerable depth, as shown, the surface of the strip and the heads of the rivetsare carried below the adjacent surface of the frame, thereby imparting a better finish and removing the rivets from liability to abrasion or contact. The recess or groove may-be formed in the inner side ot'A the' frame, but I prefer the construction shownv A I claim the construction of the frame with the groove o r recess c, to receive the edge of the leatheror cloth body I), and the confining strip d, all being formed, arranged, and connected -together substantially as set forth.

' E. -A. G. ROULSTONE.

. Witnesses:

M. W. FROTHINGHAM, FRANCIS GoULD. 

